Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Magical.....

Tuesday is here again and the fabulous weather continues I have had a stinking cold and cough so haven't been swimming but the good news for me is I have been able to go walking and I have been clocking up about 3½ to 4 miles a day :) so long may the warm weather last!

Over at Top Tip Tuesday this time we have Elainehosting the challenge her chosen theme isMagical

For my card I have used a pre coloured image that I won a couple of years ago from Nicecrane Designs, I have added to the image by shading and adding a background design too. My Top Tip is Add tracing paper over your papers to tone down the

colours to make it more pastel, you can see the centre flower is the same as the background green check but with the tracing paper over its muted.The Flower is handmade just circles using my Nestie dies, I have sewn the tracing paper into place and this also adds some texture and the Blue pearls were white ones I have coloured with spectrum Noir pens.

18 comments:

Hi samantha hope the cold improves quickly and i would much soon go for a walk with my doggie than go swimming but at least the weather is good. Beautiful card and love your top tip. Thanks for having me for this challenge as your GDT. xx

That really makes a difference with the tracing paper on top doesn't it?! Such a clever idea and the blue/green combo is so pretty with that cute fairy :-)Hope you feel better soon and that the lovely weather continues...hmm, except that it has been raining on and off here all day :-(Big hugs, Kat xx

Lovely card, your flower is beautiful and I love how perfectly you've matched the pearls to the rest of the card by colouring them. Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

Samantha, I hope you feel better now. It's been fab weather and your card is delightful. It looks very light and sweet. Colours are beautiful together and sewing is a very good method to put things together and also embellishes the creation. Thank you for entering the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #7 "Use Stamp or Digi Stamp". Good luck and looking forward to seeing you again!Annemaritta - CGE DT